European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes tuesday september 11,1990tales from Page 1 for health reasons said Mike Brennan of the state department. One woman was suffering Chest pains and three children from another family were feeling ill. All four plus the children smother got off in Halifax. The sick were taken to a Hospital. British airways said 163 More americans arrived sunday in London from Iraq part of a British contingent of evacuees. The americans were to leave for Baltimore on monday afternoon after spending the night in a hotel at Gatwick Airport. Most of the evacuees who arrived Here had left Kuwait earlier in the week. Some had hidden from iraqi soldiers after the aug. 2 invasion. They told stories of narrow escapes. Hawkins said he hid for a week in the ceiling after iraqi troops occupied his apartment building. He said he was brought food and water by a jordanian Friend. Realizing they would eventually be caught by the iraqis they set out tuesday in Hawkins car but were arrested in Basra Iraq. They spent two Days in jail before bribing their Way out from behind bars Hawkins said. A we went and caught a ride with an iraqi army lieutenant and sergeant to Baghdad a Hawkins said in Dallas after flying in from Charleston. A they took us on never had an idea i was an american. �?o1 was in the Back seat the whole Way a he said. A i was dressed As an Arab playing deaf and  Hawkins said he crossed into Jordan after walking about six Miles through the desert. South Carolina gov. Carroll Campbell wearing a yellow ribbon and a crowd of More than 100 Well wishers met the evacuees who Sang a god bless american As their plane touched Down. Cheers rang out As mothers their children clutching Teddy Bear gifts entered the Airport terminal. One Small boy in the crowd held up a sign with the to character Bart Simpson. The sign read a Welcome Home  a the american government has just taken care of us like we were ambassadors a said Pat Nicholson of Boise Idaho. A every place we be gone the american people have been so a she said As she fought Back tears and a bystander put a Flag in her hand. A a in a just so glad to be  Sandra Williams of Warren Ohio her voice choked with emotion said a we were invaded but its not Over. Most of the husbands and fathers Are still there. Most of the women had three four or five kids and they did a hell of a  arts begins broadcasting radio service to saudi Arabia Washington a the armed forces radio and television service has started broadcasting an pm radio service for personnel deployed to saudi Arabia. Because arts can provide Only a limited number of pm radios troops who have yet to deploy in support of operation desert shield Are encouraged to bring their personal portable pm receivers. To gain favor Saddam offers free Oil to third world nations by the associated press Saddam Hussein offered free Oil to developing nations on monday in a bid to win support in his standoff with the West and circumvent a . Trade embargo and he got a boost from a former enemy when Iran agreed to restore full diplomatic ties. The White House characterized both developments As signs the iraqi president is growing desperate and a grasping at any Straw he can  Syria beefed up its contribution to the multinational Force facing Iraq saying it was sending More troops to saudi Arabia at the desert kingdoms request. Diplomatic sources estimate that Syria has already sent 4,000 to 5,000 combat troops to the kingdom. In other developments monday a Baker told reporters that saudi Arabia the United Arab emirates and the exiled government of Kuwait would contribute a combined $ 12 billion to help defray the Cost of the . Buildup in the Gulf and to assist poorer nations Hurt by the . Trade embargo on iraqi goods. A the official iraqi news Agency criticized president Bush a motives in meeting with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in Helsinki Finland. It said the Summit showed Bush so evil tendencies and his spite for the Arab  after seven hours of talks sunday the two leaders reiterated their demand that Iraq withdraw immediately and unconditionally from Kuwait. They did not Rule out the use of Force if a peaceful solution is not found. A there were reports Saddam has executed members of his elite presidential guard who allegedly were planning to assassinate him. Two egyptian state newspapers quoting Western diplomats said five officers were ordered executed. Kuwait radio run by the emirates gov emment in exile reported sunday that three members of the guard already had been killed. It gave no details. A Kuwait a ambassador to the United nations said iraqi occupation forces have intensified their crackdown on kuwaitis killing civilians in the streets and rounding up others in mass  from Page 1 would keep fighting despite the capture of Doe came in a Telephone interview from Turkina faso one of eight West african nations he has visited in an Effort to get the West african Force to withdraw from Monrovia. A their Mission has failed and a prime example is the capture of Doe by the Prince Johnson group right in their Headquarters a Woewiyu said. Taylor began the struggle to topple Doe accusing him of corruption and human rights abuses. Doe a former army sergeant seized Power in a bloody 1980 coup and claimed to have thwarted More than 30 at tempts to topple him since. Sixty four people including dozens of does bodyguards were killed in sundays fighting Between Doe loyalists and Johnson a fighters witnesses said. Doe had left his fortified Seaside mansion to pay an unscheduled visit to the commander of the task Force it. Gen Arnold Quainoo of Ghana at the Headquarters of the West african task Force in Monrovia. Johnson and some of his fighters followed Doe and his bodyguards and a quarrel erupted outside the Headquarters. The two sides then started battling with rifles machine guns and grenades. The rebels hunted Down Doe and his followers from room to room of the Headquarters slaughtering most of them. Then they seized Doe who had been shot in both legs and earned him off to their base Camp. Baker Calls for greater reduction of . Troop Levels in Europe by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a recent superpower agreements on reducing troops strengths in Europe Are obsolete Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said monday adding that lower Levels will have to be worked out. The soviet Union and the United states agreed earlier this year to a maximum of225,000 . Troops in Western Europe and 195,000 soviet troops in Eastern Europe. Details were to be worked out As part of the conventional forces in Europe talks in Vienna. But Baker acknowledged monday that agreements worked out Between Bonn and Moscow on the withdrawal of soviet forces from Germany have made the superpower Accord irrelevant. A so the question of the level of . Forces is one that is still up in the air a he said. A news report monday indicated that the soviet Union has proposed to . Negotiators that . Forces should be restricted to 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Western Europe. The Washington Post reported that chief soviet negotiator Oleg a. Grinevsky also proposed halving the number of tanks and armoured personnel careers that the West wants to keep in Central Europe. Baker attending a nato meeting of foreign ministers monday in Brussels said he had not heard of the soviet proposal. A it May be the soviets Are advancing unilaterally some ideas about what they think our ultimate Force level ought to be a he said. The news report quoted a . Official As indicating that Domestic support was growing for drastic cuts in the level of . Forces stationed in Europe. However a a we re not prepared to announce a level that Low at this particular time a the official  from Page 1 Ance for countries such As Egypt and Turkey that Are most Hurt by the economic embargo of Iraq he said. Baker repeated a . Request to nato allies for More ships and planes to move american forces to the Gulf and to evacuate refugees from Iraq and Kuwait. A Money is not enough. The billions of dollars pledged Are invaluable. But All the Money in the world cannot create the Airlift and sea lift capabilities required today to move heavy forces into place and to return refugees Home a Baker said. Turkey a nato member has substantial ground combat troops in the Region and Britain and France have sent ground forces. A we would Welcome additional ground based forces even if they were Only symbolic a Baker said. A British official who asked not to be identified told the associated press that his government would a give Active consideration to the . Request. Other allies appeared More hesitant to make a commitment. In a Surprise move Baker also said he will travel to Syria on Friday. Syria which has repeatedly been linked to terrorist organizations by the state department is an implacable foe of Iraq. A a we re very interested in the syrian governments assessment of the situation and their View of the position of the other Arab  Syria in a makeshift Alliance with the United states has sent troops to saudi Arabia and to the United Arab emirates to guard their Oil Fields against an iraqi attack. Baker warned that even if Iraq pulled out of Kuwait other Steps would have to be taken to thwart iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A clearly peace Loving governments in the persian Gulf and the International Community will need to consider creative multilateral arrangements to ensure against future aggression a Baker said. The nuclear proliferation treaty will have to be strengthened Baker said a if an outlaw like Saddam Hussein can be Only years away from having a nuclear  other Baker proposals would a use natos civil emergency planning committee to help coordinate the sea lift and Airlift offers by the allies and other european countries. A use natos naval on Call Force for the Mediterranean in the Eastern Mediterranean to protect the alliances Southern flank. The nato naval Force assembles Only when called upon. A expand the coverage of natos airborne warning and control system aircraft stationed in Turkey. A urge each nation in nato to pro vide economic and military support to Egypt including lift capabilities and logistic support to help move egyptian forces to saudi Arabia. A provide More Airlift and sea lift to evacuate refugees from Jordan. A provide further economic assistance to Central and Eastern european states being Hurt by compliance with the embargo against Iraq. Baker also outlined commitments made during mondays session. These included a offers from West Germany Greece Norway and Denmark to provide More transport for . Forces and supplies. A a Promise from the Netherlands for More nuclear chemical and biological warfare defensive material. A a donation from Belgium of food and aircraft to Egypt to Nelp evacuate refugees. Last week Britain Italy and Portugal offered ships or aircraft to help the . Forces and supplies to the Gulf